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Posts about Greco-Roman wrestling matches and other wrestling styles such as collar-and-elbow wrestling, side hold wrestling, Cornish wrestling, etc.
En junio 2, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament in New York City entered its second week of competition. Some of the tournaments big names were wrestling on this night. Alex Aberg, George Lurich and Wladek Zbyszko would all compete. It was Zbyszko who made the biggest impression. The first match involved two lesser talents, Pierre Le Colosse and Wilhelm Berner.
En febrero 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in
En octubre 25, 1915, Aleksander “Alex” Aberg won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Wladek Zbyszko, the brother of Aberg’s former foe. In 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko defeated Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Stanislaus Zbyszko returned to Europe. It is doubtful Wladek Zbyszko could make a claim to his brother’s championship. Promoter Sam Rachmann probably created this
en deportes de combate, un buen hombre grande suele vencer a un buen hombre pequeño. si eres genial, a menudo puedes compensar grandes discrepancias de tamaño. Edwin Bibby se quedó sólo 5’04” and weighed 160 libras, pero derrotó a muchos luchadores más importantes durante su carrera de lucha libre profesional.. Bibby derrotó a muchos luchadores, incluido el gigantesco luchador alemán William Heygster.. Edwin Bibby pudo
Cuando el campeón mundial de lucha libre William Muldoon se retiró en 1889, esperaba que su protegido Ernest Roeber fuera reconocido como el nuevo campeón. Sin embargo, Muldoon ganó su título en lucha grecorromana, cuál era la experiencia del alemán Roeber. Desafortunadamente, las hazañas de martin “Agricultor” Quemaduras y Evan “El Estrangulador” Lewis catapultó la lucha libre al estilo dominante. Roeber tenía un
Henry Moses Dufur specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling when Dufur wrestled professionally in the 1870s and 1880s. Born on May 5, 1844, en Richmond, Vermont, Dufur wrestled primarily in the northeastern United States. En junio 27, 1878, Dufur wrestled a return match with a wrestler named Cox at the Boston Baseball Park in front of five hundred fans. Five hundred fans
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Sólo un hombre desafió seriamente a Muldoon durante su reinado dominante.. Clarence Whistler, de 165 libras, planteó constantemente a Muldoon sus desafíos más difíciles. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Noviembre 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California en uno de sus varios partidos. William Muldoon medía casi una cabeza y pesaba
Joe Acton fue uno de los mejores luchadores de Inglaterra durante el siglo XIX.. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Sorakichi Matsuda originally trained in sumo wrestling. When Matsuda decided to become a catch-as-catch-can wrestler, he was forced to travel to the United States. Professional wrestling would not become popular in Japan until the middle of the Twentieth Century. Upon arriving in the United States in 1883, it took Matsuda a few months to secure a match. Finalmente consiguió
En realidad, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. El torneo de Rachman debía comenzar el miércoles